Betty Gowan
Born: March 11, 1910
Died: April 7, 1980
Married: Austin M. Gowan
Children: Gertrude Eller Shaw, Norma Gowan, Ginger Lawless, Joyce Mattimore Lawson, Joan Ryan, Austin W. Gowan, Richard T. Gowan
Betty Pelkey Gowan
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 8, 1980
Betty Gowan
SARANAC LAKE - Mrs. Betty P. Gowan, 70, died early Monday morning at Saranac Lake General Hospital. She had been a resident of the area for most of her life.
Mrs. Gowan was born March 11, 1910 in Owl’s Head, the daughter of Charles and Mary Paquin Pelkey. Her husband, Austin M. Gowan, died in 1963.
She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Eller Shaw, Miss Norma Gowan, with whom she had made her home, and Mrs. Ginger Lawless, all of Saranac Lake, Mrs. Joyce Mattimore Lawson of Oregon, Wisconsin., and Mrs. Joan Ryan of Hollister, Cal.; two sons, Austin W. Of Wilmington and Richard T. of Saranac Lake; a sister, Mrs. Vina Gero of Syracuse; 28 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She will repose at the Fortune Funeral Home Wednesday, from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. A Bible Vigil will be held at 7:30 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be said Thursday at 11:15 a.m. at St. Bernard’s Church with Rev. Timothy Chambers officiating.
The family requests that friends wishing to remember Mrs. Gowan make donations to the Saranac Lake Rescue Squad.